John 2
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The marriage at Cana
2 Two days after that, there was a marriage party. It was in the town of Cana, in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. 2 People had asked Jesus and his disciples to come to the party too. 3 When people had drunk all the wine, Jesus' mother said to him, ‘They have no more wine.’ 4 Jesus replied, ‘Woman, why do you tell me this? It is not my time yet.’ 5 His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you to do.’
6 There were six big pots there. People had used stone to make them. Each pot could contain about 100 litres of water. The water was there so that the Jews could wash themselves in the way that their special rules taught. 7 Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the pots with water.’ So they filled the pots to the top. 8 Then he said, ‘Now take some of the water from the pots and give it to the master of the party.’ So they did that. 9 The master of the party tasted the water. The water had now become wine! The master did not know where the wine had come from. But the servants who had given it to him knew about it. Then the master asked the new husband to come to him. 10 The master said to him, ‘Everyone else brings out the best wine first. When people have had plenty to drink, then they give people cheaper wine. But you are different. You have kept the best wine until now.’
11 Jesus did this first miracle at Cana, in Galilee. In this way, Jesus showed how great and powerful he was. And his disciples believed in him.
Jesus goes to the temple
12 After this, Jesus went to a town called Capernaum. His mother, his brothers and his disciples went with him. They stayed there for a few days.[a]
13 It was almost time for the Jewish Passover festival. So Jesus went to Jerusalem.[b] 14 He went into the yard of the temple. There he found people who were selling cows, sheep and doves. Other people were sitting at tables to change coins for people. 15 So Jesus made a whip from some pieces of rope. Then he made all the people leave the temple quickly, with the sheep and the cows. He threw onto the ground all the coins of the men who changed money. He turned their tables over. 16 He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’ 17 His disciples remembered what it says in the Bible: ‘My love for your house burns inside me like a fire.’[c]
18 Then the Jews asked Jesus, ‘What is your authority to do this? Do a miracle to show us that you really do have authority.’ 19 Jesus answered them, ‘If you destroy this house of God, I will build it up again in three days.’ 20 The Jews replied, ‘People have worked for 46 years to build this house. But you say that you will build it again in three days!’ 21 But the house that Jesus was speaking about was his own body. 22 The disciples remembered this when Jesus had become alive again after his death. They remembered that he had said this. Then they believed what the Bible taught. They also believed the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover festival, he did many miracles.[d] Many people saw these miracles that showed he was from God. As a result, they believed in Jesus. 24 But Jesus himself did not trust the people. He knew what all people are really like. 25 He did not need anyone to tell him what people are like. He knew already what was really in each person.
Footnotes
- 2:12 Capernaum was another town in Galilee. It was next to the lake called Lake Galilee.
- 2:13 The Passover was an event that was very special to the Jews. Every year, all the men had to come to the temple at Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. They remembered the time, many years before, when God had led their ancestors out of Egypt. God had saved them so that they did not have to be slaves to Egypt's people. He had killed all the oldest sons of Egypt's people. But he had saved the Jewish sons of Israel's people. He told the Jews that they must put a lamb's blood on the wood over the top and on the sides of their doors. If the blood was there, their oldest sons would not die. See Exodus 12.
- 2:17 See Psalms 69:9.
- 2:23 Jesus did many miracles, but John only tells us about seven of them. In Greek, John uses a word for miracle that means sign. It tells us more about God.
Juan 2
La Biblia de las Américas
La boda de Caná
2 Al tercer día(A) se celebró una boda en Caná de Galilea(B), y estaba allí la madre de Jesús(C); 2 y también Jesús fue invitado, con[a] sus discípulos(D), a la boda. 3 Cuando se acabó el vino, la madre de Jesús le dijo*: No tienen vino. 4 Y Jesús le dijo*: Mujer(E), ¿qué nos va a ti y a mí en esto(F)? Todavía no ha llegado mi hora(G). 5 Su madre(H) dijo* a los que servían: Haced todo lo que Él os diga. 6 Y había allí seis tinajas de piedra, puestas para ser usadas en el rito de la purificación de los judíos(I); en cada una cabían dos o tres cántaros[b]. 7 Jesús les dijo*: Llenad de agua las tinajas. Y las llenaron hasta el borde. 8 Entonces les dijo*: Sacad ahora un poco y llevadlo al maestresala[c]. Y se lo llevaron. 9 Cuando el maestresala probó el agua convertida en vino(J), y como no sabía de dónde era (pero los que servían, que habían sacado el agua, lo sabían), el maestresala llamó* al novio, 10 y le dijo*: Todo hombre sirve primero el vino bueno, y cuando ya han tomado bastante(K), entonces el inferior; pero tú has guardado hasta ahora el vino bueno. 11 Este principio de sus señales[d](L) hizo Jesús en Caná de Galilea(M), y manifestó su gloria(N), y sus discípulos creyeron en Él.
12 Después de esto bajó a Capernaúm(O), Él, con su madre, sus hermanos(P) y sus discípulos(Q); pero allí no se quedaron muchos días.
Jesús echa a los mercaderes del templo
13 La Pascua de los judíos estaba cerca(R), y Jesús subió a Jerusalén(S), 14 (T)y encontró en el templo a los que vendían bueyes, ovejas y palomas, y a los que cambiaban dinero allí sentados. 15 Y haciendo un azote de cuerdas, echó a todos fuera del templo, con las ovejas y los bueyes; desparramó las monedas de los cambistas y volcó las mesas; 16 y dijo a los que vendían palomas(U): Quitad esto de aquí; no hagáis de la casa de mi Padre(V) una casa de comercio. 17 Sus discípulos(W) se acordaron de que estaba escrito: El celo por tu casa me consumirá(X). 18 Entonces los judíos(Y) respondieron y le dijeron: Ya que haces estas cosas, ¿qué señal(Z) nos muestras? 19 Jesús respondió y les dijo: Destruid este templo[e], y en tres días lo levantaré(AA). 20 Entonces los judíos(AB) dijeron: En cuarenta y seis años fue edificado este templo[f](AC), ¿y tú lo levantarás en tres días? 21 Pero Él hablaba del templo[g] de su cuerpo(AD). 22 Por eso, cuando resucitó de los muertos, sus discípulos(AE) se acordaron(AF) de que había dicho esto; y creyeron en la Escritura(AG) y en la palabra que Jesús había hablado.
Los primeros creyentes en Jerusalén
23 Cuando estaba en Jerusalén durante la fiesta de la Pascua(AH), muchos creyeron en su nombre al ver las señales(AI) que hacía. 24 Pero Jesús, por su parte, no se confiaba a ellos, porque conocía a todos(AJ), 25 y[h] no tenía necesidad de que nadie le diera testimonio del hombre, pues Él sabía lo que había en el hombre(AK).
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